Adele Caelia

For all of you, and those of you that I know that have decided to boycott The Golden Compass or the books because your church “told you to” or because your church filled you with false information, such as the author said on TV that he was trying to trick children, which he never said…. you should study your facts and not believe everything you hear. This is a good read for you, it puts the facts quite plainly (be sure to read both letters)-

http://www.hisdarkmaterials.org/news/his-dark-materials-books/responses-to-anti-religion-claims

Also, you shouldn’t judge something with such devout opinions if you haven’t seen it or read it yourself. I have recently watched the movie and I am reading the books, it did not appear to be anti-christian at all. If you want to call this movie or the books anti-christian you would have to categorize almost all fantasy with it, and just never view anything in that genre. It is good to think for yourself sometimes, and make your own judgements instead of just automatically listening to the opinion of others. If you are of this opinion I suggest you watch the movie or read the books, and then see if you still feel the same.

My husband and I found out that we are having a boy. We are extremely excited after having two girls! We have also decided that we are going to name him Tristan Avery. I love the name Tristan. For those of you who know your lore you will probably think of the story of Tristan and Iseult or sometimes known as Isolde. I love this story, in fact it is one of my favorite. Recently we also watched the movie, which is actually far different than the real story, but still made a very good movie.

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I’ve recently been accepted as an intern at MMO Magic, working on the upcoming MMO Citadel of Sorcery as a level designer. I am pretty excited, not only because the game has quite a few intriguing aspects, but also because as far as writing goes I am now doing something that is more in tune with my heart. I love writing fiction. Of course I enjoy writing interviews, articles, and such, but creative writing is really where my heart is, and I love that I know have a professional outlet to express that artistic ability. It also works well since I am going to school to get a degree in creative writing. If you haven’t checked out the game you can do so at the link above

As many of you know I have been in search of a new raiding guild with earlier raid times. I love how EQ2 has the ability to open the guild window in game when you are unguilded and search for new guilds. This window features guilds and allows them to put up a short description of their guild and what they are looking for in members.

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Recently I left the guild I had been in for the past 10 months because I was no longer able to keep raider status due to their late raiding schedule and my RL schedule. No they didn’t kick me. They aren’t that type of guild. I was however moved to a status that was allowed to raid, but not allowed to bid on any items unless no one else wanted them. This seemed kind of silly, and so I decided I would leave and look for a raid guild that started earlier so that I could actually maintain raider status.

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The “Dear Devs” project is coming along very nicely. I have been pleasantly surprised with the letters I have been getting from the playerbase. They have all been well thought out sincere questions regarding the game. I want to thank everyone who is sending them in, and add that it is nice to not be wading through piles of hate mail to SOE If you have questions to ask, remember it isn’t too late to write a letter and submit it!

Have burning questions for the developers of Everquest II? Are there aspects of the game that you have long pondered? Perhaps you have a few small questions you would like to ask, or maybe voice a few concerns. Now is your chance! MMORPG.COM announces “Dear Devs” a new column that gives players the opportunity to share their thoughts with the developers.

You can find out more information by visiting the EQ2 Forums or the MMORPG.COM forums! Or email your letters to adele@mmorpg.com .

I look forward to reading your letters!

~Adele

Back at release we were always told there would be guild halls, and while this never happened many guilds decided to use the large homes in the game like the ones in South Qeynos as their guild halls. While this is a nice effort by the guilds they truly function as regular homes and are not really set up for the use of a guild.

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I posted this idea in the crafting forums a long while back in the EQ2 forums, and I still think it is a great idea. I have yet to buy any of the crafting tables for my house because I do not want to fill my bags with harvests and fuel. My bags are full enough, and still when I run out of items it is a pain to have to run to a crafting merchant to refuel or to the broker to get more harvests.

It would be a huge bonus to crafters if they put storage space in the crafting tables that can be purchased for the home. This would allow crafters to stock up on the materials they need without filling their bags with these items. For a lot of us this is a huge pain to do because we have to remove the items we normally carry, find a place for them, and then when we are finished crafting rearrange it all again.

Another bonus would be the ability to purchase a butler. A butler could be purchased with status points from the crafting merchant. This little guy would hang out in your house and you would be able to purchase any type of fuel from him, most likely at a bit of a mark up, but it would be well worth it for the convienence.  I would love to be able to craft in the comfort of my own home vs. the cold damp crafting houses. Maybe we will see something like this added soon!

Thanks again Paul! They are beautiful!